Practical Cloud Security Av Chris Dotson

With rapidly changing architecture and API-driven automation, cloud platforms come with unique security challenges and opportunities. In this updated second edition, you'll examine security best practices for multivendor cloud environments, whether your company plans to move legacy on-premises projects to the cloud or build a new infrastructure from the ground up. Developers, IT architects, and security professionals will learn cloud-specific techniques for securing popular cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and IBM Cloud.IBM Distinguished Engineer Chris Dotson shows you how to establish data asset management, identity and access management (IAM), vulnerability management, network security, and incident response in your cloud environment. Learn the latest threats and challenges in the cloud security spaceManage cloud providers that store or process data or deliver administrative controlLearn how standard principles and concepts-such as least privilege and defense in depth-apply in the cloudUnderstand the critical role played by IAM in the cloudUse best tactics for detecting, responding, and recovering from the most common security incidentsManage various types of vulnerabilities, especially those common in multicloud or hybrid cloud architecturesExamine privileged access management in cloud environments